Shloka 13
Adhyaya 77 — Sanjna’s Withdrawal from Surya: The Birth of Yama and Yamuna, and the Emergence of Chhaya
पृष्टयापि न वाच्यन्ते तथैतद्गमनं मम ।
सैवास्मि नाम संज्ञेति वाच्यमेतत्सदा वचः ॥
pṛṣṭayāpi na vācyante tathaitadgamanaṃ mama / saivāsmi nāma saṃjñeti vācyametatsadā vacaḥ
‘पृष्टा अपि मम गमनं न वद; सर्वदा त्वं वद—“अहमेव सा, संज्ञा नाम्ना।”’
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FAQs
The text presents a tension between social stability and truthfulness: concealment is used to preserve household order, yet it introduces moral complexity that later Purāṇic traditions often explore through resulting conflicts.
Vaṃśānucarita, since the concealment sets conditions for subsequent relational and genealogical developments.
‘Saṃjñā’ as ‘designation’ underscores the power of naming in sustaining reality: by maintaining the label/identity, the social world continues—showing how saṃjñā (conceptual recognition) can override underlying ontic difference.